Led Zeppelin《Stairway to Heaven 》
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歌名:《Stairway to Heaven 》
歌者: Led Zeppelin
词曲:Jimmy Page Robert Plant
流派: 民谣摇滚
歌曲评分:满分五星,歌词意境、旋律动听程度(包括歌手的演唱是否优美)、情感的丰富性、配乐水平、流行程度等五个方面判断。
学习难度:最容易的为1星,最难为5星。
歌词
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven
There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
[Chorus]
Ooh, makes me wonder
Ooh, makes me wonder
[Verse 2]
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
[Chorus]
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, really makes me wonder
[Verse 3]
And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter
[Chorus]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-woahhh
[Verse 4]
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed, now
It's just a spring clean for the May queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
[Chorus]
And it makes me wonder
Ohh, woah
[Verse 5]
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow? And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
[Outro]
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
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多添一点:
今天分享一首 Led Zeppelin 的《Stairway To Heaven 》(《通往天堂的阶梯》)。
之前推过他们的歌,因为这首,值得再次推一次。这首歌由吉他手 Jimmy Page和歌手 Robert Plant为乐队的第四张录音室专辑《Led Zeppelin IV》创作。这首歌是美国FM电台被要求最多、播放次数最多的歌曲——尽管它从未作为单曲在美国发行,它是英国单曲榜第37名和新西兰单曲榜第13名,并在2000年被VH1评选为100首最伟大的摇滚歌曲的第三名。据音乐记者斯蒂芬·戴维斯称,尽管这首歌是在1971年发行的,但直到1973年这首歌才真正成为“圣歌”。
《通往天堂的阶梯 》继续高居电台最伟大的摇滚歌曲排行榜榜首,同时在最近的吉他世界民意调查中也名列榜首。在这首歌发行20周年之际,美国电台宣布,这首歌已经连续播放了44年。截至2000年,这首歌在电台的播放次数超过300万次。它也是销量最高的单张专辑,平均每年售出15000张,总共售出了100多万张。
据说这首歌中有一段隐藏的信息,位于歌曲的中间部分("If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now…"(“如果你的树篱里有一团乱麻,现在不要惊慌……”),如果你倒放它,会听到一些包含了撒旦的内容,最受欢迎的倒带版本是这样的:
噢,敬我可爱的撒旦。
他的小径使我忧伤,他的力量就是撒旦。
他会把他们和他一起给你。
有一个小工具棚,他让我们受苦,悲哀的撒旦。
这个说法起源于一位著名的浸信会教徒,1982年他在广播中讲,《通往天堂的阶梯》隐藏着一些负面信息。迈克尔·米尔斯、雅各布·阿朗扎和杰夫·戈德温进行了详细的分析,断言在“倒带”和实际的歌词中都有着隐藏的含义。1982年,这首歌还被作为反面教材,用于流行音乐中有毒信息的听证会上。
乐队对此不置可否,唯一的评论来自Swan Song唱片公司发布的声明:“我们的唱机只能朝一个方向播放——向前”。齐柏林飞艇乐队(Led Zeppelin)的音频工程师埃迪·克莱默(Eddie Kramer)称这些指控“非常荒谬。为什么要花这么多时间去做这么愚蠢的事情呢?”
罗伯特·普兰特在一次采访中表达了对这些指控的失望:“对我来说,这是非常悲伤的,因为《通往天堂的阶梯》有着最善意的写作意图,至于倒转磁带和在结尾隐藏信息,这不是我创作音乐的想法。”
科学家西蒙·辛格(Simon Singh)进行的一项非正式实验表明,听众只有在提示之后才会听到信息。